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    Hubble Approaches the Final Frontier: The Dawn of Galaxies

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    Hubble Approaches the Final Frontier: The Dawn of Galaxies

    WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES

    09.21.2009

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    *Description*:> A flight through the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, the most distant visible-light view of the universe. The redshifts of 5,333 galaxies were converted to distances to assemble a 3-D model of the data. This scientific visualization flies through the data to showcase its true 3-D nature. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Hubble Ultra Deep Field Object Description: Optical Survey Position (J2000): R.A. 3h 32m 40s.0 Dec. -27° 48' 00" Constellation: Fornax Dimensions: The image is 3 arcminutes square. About the Data Data Description: This image was created from HST data from the following proposal: 9978: HUDF Team (STScI). The science teams are: A.J. Bunker (Univ.of Exeter U.K./ Inst. of Astrophysics, Univ. of Cambridge, U.K.), E.R. Stanway (Inst. of Astrophysics, Univ. of Cambridge, U.K.), R.S. Ellis (California Inst. of Tech.), and R.G. McMahon (Inst. of Astrophysics, Univ. of Cambridge, U.K.) M. Stiavelli, S. M. Fall, and N. Panagia (STScI) H. Yan (Spitzer Science Center, California Inst. of Tech.) and R.A. Windhorst (Arizona State Univ.) R.J. Bouwens and G.D. Illingworth (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz), R.I. Thompson (Steward Obs./Univ. of Arizona), J.P. Blakeslee (Johns Hopkins Univ.), M.E. Dickinson (National Optical Astronomy Obs.), T.J. Broadhurst (The Hebrew Univ., Israel), D.J. Eisenstein and X. Fan (Steward Obs./Univ. of Arizona), M. Franx (Leiden Observatory, Netherlands), G. Meurer (Johns Hopkins Univ.), and P. van Dokkum (Yale Univ.) S. Malhotra, J.E. Rhoads, N. Pirzkal and C. Xu (STScI) Instrument: ACS/WFC Exposure Date(s): September 24, 2003 - January 16, 2004 Exposure Time: 11.3 days Filters: F435W ("B"), F606W ("V"), F775W ("i"), F850LP ("z") About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), and H. Yan (Spitzer Science Center, Caltech) Release Date: September 23, 2004 Orientation: Most Distant Galaxy Candidates in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field [ http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2004/28/images/b/formats/compass_large_web.jpg ] *News Release Number:*: STScI-2004-28b

    NASA Identifier: SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-2004-28b

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    Date Taken: 09.21.2009
    Date Posted: 10.10.2012 11:02
    Photo ID: 684715
    Resolution: 1536x1460
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    Location: WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US

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